Something amiss: Why has rural India gone missing from the Hindi cinema?

August 17, 2020

Unlike earlier times, when parallel cinema served as a mirror to our sociopolitical systems, now the rural society is often...

Bundelkhand’s tribal families turn to tendu leaves to earn a living

July 30, 2020

Tribal families of Bundelkhand used to earn a living by selling firewood from the jungles. The lockdown shattered this source...

Archery then and now: How tribal communities in Tripura used one of the oldest known weapons

July 14, 2020

In the history of the tribal people of Tripura, the bow and arrow were one of the most commonly used...

During the lockdown, this school teacher decorated the walls of his house with Warli paintings

June 13, 2020

Tulsi Patel, a drawing teacher working in a school in Surat, moved to his village in the neighbouring district during...

A veteran artist is using traditional Phad paintings to raise awareness on COVID-19 in Rajasthan

June 3, 2020

A visual treat to anyone who lays his/her eyes on it, Phad is a form of scroll painting which has,...

Bundelkhand and the lockdown: Stories of struggle and heartbreak. A photo essay

May 30, 2020

People living in Bundelkhand have been dealing with many issues like water scarcity, no job opportunities and migration for years....

Remember the sarauta, the dibri, the silbatta? These forgotten words came to life recently!

May 4, 2020

Storyteller Neelesh Misra tweeted a picture of sarauta recently. This single Tweet opened up a spectacular cascade of memories and...

“The colourful Dhokra artifacts that narrate mythological tales are very fascinating”

April 25, 2020

I was at the Raipur airport recently. This particular art piece attracted me as it was very vibrant and colourful....

Lockdown, or no lockdown, these glass workers of Firozabad have been suffering for decades

April 11, 2020

While the end product of these industries are beautiful, the conditions in which people work are abject and far from...

Busting the myth. There are beautiful villages in Jharkhand, home to culturally-rich Adivasis

January 25, 2020

Preconceived notions are dangerous. The general tendency is that when we think Jharkhand, we think about poverty-stricken people or the...